Vinegar-measure



(No Model.)

.J. A. KNIGHT.

VINEGAR MEASURE. No. 288,946. Patented Nov. 20, 1883.

Fidl.

annular. d

firiz. I I FIGZQ'. M SS 2 I V N. PETERS. mummwvm vim-mm Q NITED STATESPATENT Fries.

JOHN A. KNIGHT, OF AUBURN, MAINE.

\ VINEGAR-MEJASURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,946, dated November20, 1883.

Application filed March 15, 1882. Renewed August 2:. 1983. No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A. KNIGHT, of Auburn, in the county ofAndroscoggin and State of Maine, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vinegar-Measures; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a plan of the sheet forming the walls of the measure. Fig. 2is a sectional view of the bottom. Fig. 3 is a view of the handle. Fig.4 is a side view of Fig. 1 fastened together at its ends.

Same letters show like parts.

My invention relates to vinegar-measures. It is well known that whenthese vessels are made of certain kinds of metal they corrode and intime become useless.

in the green state and stamp it out into sheets of flaring form, such asseen at Fig. 1 in the drawings. By scale board I mean thin sheets orveneers of wood cut off from the periphery of logs by proper machineryfor the purpose.

Before this has become dry I form it as illustrated in the drawings atFig. 1, and then a short distance from the lower end of the widest part,at a, I make a groove orchannel, b. The bottom is made with a thin edgeor periphery, (see d, Fig. 2,) and so as to fit into this groove. Thesheet of scale-board is then wrapped around the bottom piece, with theedge of the bottom piece entering the groove. The edges of thescaleboard overlap. The lap is then fastened down by any familiar means,as by rivets, 85c. Hoops made of wire are then placed around the vessel,as seen in Fig. 3.

Eitherthe top or bottom hoop is, after passing around the cup or vessel,brought together and bent up so as to form a handle. (See 6.) The end ofthis bent part or handle is then attached to one of the other hoops, asseen in Fig. 3. Any convenient material may be used for the hoops, if ofmetal, tough, and flexible.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The vinegar-measure herein described, composed of the scale-boardbody-piece out into form and grooved, as described, andbent around thewood bottom, the wood bottom, the rivets, and the hoops, one of which isformed of the same piece of metal as the handle, and is united with theother hoop, as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. KNIGHT.

itnesses:

WILLIAM HENRY Cnrrronn, JOHN P. KERRIGAN.

